The table topper Australia will lock horns with New Zealand in the second clash of Saturday at Lord's. Australia tops on the points table with 12 points while New Zealand is spotted on third with 11 points.
Australia looks in the good momentum as they have won all their matches in series except the one losing against India at Oval. The team won its last match against England by 64 runs in which the duo Mitchell Starc and Jason Behrendorff booked England in 45th over. Australia is the only team to have booked a semi-final berth.
New Zealand was the only team in the tournament to be undefeated for the longest time. Their winning momentum was put to an end by Pakistan on Wednesday in which Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets while chasing New Zeland's 237
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir
New Zealand: Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Trent Boult
Matches-10
Australia-07
New Zealand-03
New Zealand : Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (C), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (WK), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson.
Australia : Aaron Finch (C), David Warner, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Jason Behrendorff.
Date and Day: June 29, 2019, Saturday.
Place: Lords
Time: 6:00 pm IST
Live: Star Network
Online: Hotstar
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On the other hand, it was difficult for Ben's father Gerard Stokes who was watching the final back in New Zealand and cheering for blackcaps whether to celebrate his son's effort or to be sad for his country's loss.
In terms of form, Australia has been one of the top performers in the league stages, losing just two matches in nine games. They comfortably thumped England by 64 runs at Lord's during the league stage. Australia finished second in the table with 14 points in nine matches.
Both the teams will fight to fix their spot in the semi-finals.
The century against bangladesh on Tuesday took Rohit to the top of most run scorers of 2019 World Cup surpassing David Warner.
India currently holds the second spot on the points table with 11 points while Bangladesh occupies the 6th spot with seven points.
Shankar is likely to be replaced in the squad by Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal, who made his Test debut against Australia last year, has not yet played in the ODI format.
Sri Lanka holds the 7th position on the World Cup points table with 6 points while West Indies is on 9th with just one victory and three points.
With 11 points and no losses India occupies the second spot on the points table while England is on 5th with 8 points.
Pakistan is placed at the 6th position on the points table with 7 points while Afghanistan is at the rock bottom and yet to open its account.
The West Indies, on the other hand, have won just one match and lost four, besides a washed out meeting with South Africa.